Lit en niche, from Nouveau desseins de Lambris inventees par le Sr Pineau architecte
Classification
architecture, interiors
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Accession Number
1959-85-53
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Nicolas Pineau’s *Lit en niche* offers a glimpse into the refined world of early eighteenth-century French interior design. Created around 1727, this work belongs to the series *Nouveau desseins de Lambris*, a collection of inventive paneling patterns by the Parisian architect and ornamentalist. The design presents an elegantly recessed bed framed within architectural paneling, demonstrating how everyday furnishings could be integrated into a harmonious, sculptural whole. As a leading figure in the emerging Rococo taste, Pineau specialized in graceful, asymmetrical motifs that brought lightne...